Together with his unbeaten 109 runs within the first match of the Asia Cup 2023 in opposition to Nepal, Iftikhar Ahmed makes his first maiden century and joins the elite checklist of batters with the quickest hundred in Asia Cup historical past.

Iftikhar Ahmed opens on maiden ODI century

Pakistan is scheduled to play the primary match of the Asia Cup 2023 in opposition to Nepal on August 30 at Multan Cricket Stadium. The Pakistan innings had been spectacular as Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed scored centuries individually to arrange an enormous rating in opposition to Nepal.

On successful the toss, Pakistan captain Babar Azam selected to bat first. However the openers weren’t spectacular as they had been despatched out on low figures inside the completion of the seventh over. With Babar Azam and Rizwan’s Partnership rating of 86 runs, Pakistan received again into the competitors.

After Mohammad Rizwan and Agha Salman’s dismissal, Iftikhar Ahmed was wonderful as he scored his first maiden hundred within the ODI on 67 balls. On becoming a member of Babar Azam, they’d a partnership rating of 214 runs in simply 131 balls.

Iftikhar was comfortable about his maiden century in ODI and stated, “Century is an achievement for a participant, clearly I’m very comfortable. Ball was gripping once I went in, so you should give time for your self to get set. Babar is a superb participant, World No. 1 participant. It’s an superior feeling to bat with him. He rotates strike very effectively and we mentioned about scoring a boundary after we get a free ball. The wicket received higher to bat on because the innings progressed.”

Babar Azam had a person rating of 151 runs and was despatched out on the final over of their innings. With their spectacular partnership, Pakistan was in a position to maintain an enormous goal of 343 in opposition to Nepal.

Unable to fold Pakistan with low complete, Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh opened for Nepal and was despatched out with 8 and 5 runs respectively. With captain Rohit Paudel dismissed with duck by Shaheen Afridi, Nepal was down to three wickets scoring solely 14 runs on the 2nd over.

Aarif Sheikh and Sompal Kami had scored 26 and 28 runs respectively and was despatched out by Haris Rauf. Nepal batters was not in a position to face up to the bowling assaults of Pakistan. Shadab Khan was spectacular by way of his bowling as he scalped 4 wickets giving 27 runs in 7 overs. Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf scalped two wicket every. On the tip, Nepal had misplaced all 10 wickets scoring solely 104 runs on 23.4 overs.

After their first match in opposition to Nepal in Asia Cup 2023, Pakistan might be dealing with India in a extremely anticipated encounter on September 2 at Pallekele Worldwide Stadium, Kandy.

Verify: Asia Cup factors desk 2023.